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Saffle Vs. Parks

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Mar 05, 1990

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  1. Penry Vs. Lynaugh US Supreme Court · Jun 26, 1989
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  2. Proffitt Vs. Florida US Supreme Court · Jul 02, 1976
  3. Jurek Vs. Texas US Supreme Court · Jul 02, 1976
  4. Teague Vs. Lane US Supreme Court · Feb 22, 1989
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  5. Butler Vs. Mckellar US Supreme Court · Mar 05, 1990
  6. Solem Vs. Stumes US Supreme Court · Feb 29, 1984
  7. Hitchcock Vs. Dugger US Supreme Court · Apr 22, 1987
  8. FranklIn Vs. Lynaugh US Supreme Court · Jun 22, 1988
  9. Mccleskey Vs. Kemp US Supreme Court · Apr 22, 1987
  10. U.S. 484 (1990) U.S. Supreme Court Saffle v. Parks
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  11. U.S. 484 (1990) Saffle v. Parks
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  12. in a case on collateral review unless it comes within one of two narrow -- and here inapplicable -- exceptions. Teague v. Lane
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  13. his conviction became final would not have concluded that it was compelled by existing precedent to adopt it. Lockett v. Ohio
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  14. U. S. 586 , and Eddings v. Oklahoma
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  15. moral response, rather than an emotional one based on the whims or caprice of jurors. Similarly, California v. Page
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  16. phase of his trial, telling the jury to avoid any influence of sympathy, violates the Eighth Amendment. In Penry v. Lynaugh
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  17. that Parks is not entitled to federal habeas relief. The principle he urges is a new rule within the meaning of Teague v. Lane
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  18. Parks' conviction and sentence were affirmed on direct appeal by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, Parks v. State
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  19. The District Court denied relief, and a divided panel of the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed. Parks v. Brown
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  20. reversed, holding that the antisympathy instruction was unconstitutional for the reasons advanced by Parks. Parks v. Brown
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  21. review, we must first determine whether the relief sought would create a new rule under our holdings in Teague v. Lane
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  22. whether we announce a new rule when a decision extends the reasoning of our prior cases. As we recognized in Butler v. McKellar
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  23. Teague, supra, at 489 U. S. 306 (quoting Desist v. United
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  24. States, 394 U. S. 244 , 394 U. S. 262 -263 (1969) (Harlan, J., dissenting)). See also Solem v. Stumes
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  25. he seeks does not involve the creation of a new rule. Relying upon our decisions in Page 494 U. S. 489 Lockett v. Ohio
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  26. U. S. 586 (1978), and Eddings v. Oklahoma
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  27. U. S. 104 (1982), both decided before his conviction became final in 1983, and our decision in California v. Brown
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  28. decision must be made. Indeed, that is how we have interpreted these decisions in later cases. See Hitchcock v. Dugger
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  29. Skipper v. South
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  30. unreasonable in concluding that the instructions do not violate the rule of Lockett and Eddings. See Byrne v. Butler
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  31. People v. Emerson
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  32. State v. Ramseur
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  33. State v. Steffen
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  34. State v. Owens
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  35. State v. Porterfield
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  36. us to apply the reasoning of Lockett and Eddings so much as it required us to apply our decision in Jurek v. Texas
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  37. guiding their consideration. It is no doubt constitutionally permissible, if not constitutionally required, see Gregg v. Georgia
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  38. California v. Brown
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  39. Woodson v. North
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  40. id. at 479 U. S. 541 -543. Given the above discussion, it is obvious that our decision in California v. Brown
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  41. here. Although the precise contours of this exception may be difficult to discern, we have usually cited Gideon v. Wainwright
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  42. mitigating evidence. The Tenth Circuit, sitting en banc, agreed and vacated respondent's death sentence. Parks v. Brown
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  43. The Court displays undue eagerness to apply the new standard for retroactivity announced in Butler v. McKellar
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  44. countenance such carelessness when a life is at stake. I dissent. Page 494 U. S. 497 I In Teague v. Lane
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  45. id. at 489 U. S. 320 (STEVENS, J., joined by BLACKMUN, J., concurring). Today, in Butler v. McKellar
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  46. The majority's conclusion, however, is based on a Page 494 U. S. 498 fundamental misreading of Lockett v. Ohio
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  47. U. S. 586 (1978), Eddings v. Oklahoma
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  48. U. S. 104 (1982), and Penry v. Lynaugh
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  49. into the sufficiency of the jury instructions, not the recognition of a new principle of law. See, e.g., Hitchcock v. Dugger
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  50. Moreover, the majority's limited reading of Lockett and Eddings was rejected last Term in Penry v. Lynaugh
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